EP1748174A1 - Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Schätzung des Luftdurchsatzes eines Kraftfahrzeugmotors mit Abgasturbolader - Google Patents

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Schätzung des Luftdurchsatzes eines Kraftfahrzeugmotors mit Abgasturbolader Download PDF

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EP1748174A1
EP1748174A1 EP06300827A EP06300827A EP1748174A1 EP 1748174 A1 EP1748174 A1 EP 1748174A1 EP 06300827 A EP06300827 A EP 06300827A EP 06300827 A EP06300827 A EP 06300827A EP 1748174 A1 EP1748174 A1 EP 1748174A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D41/00—Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents
    • F02D41/0002—Controlling intake air
    • F02D41/0007—Controlling intake air for control of turbo-charged or super-charged engines
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D41/00—Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents
    • F02D41/24—Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents characterised by the use of digital means
    • F02D41/2406—Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents characterised by the use of digital means using essentially read only memories
    • F02D41/2425—Particular ways of programming the data
    • F02D41/2429—Methods of calibrating or learning
    • F02D41/2451—Methods of calibrating or learning characterised by what is learned or calibrated
    • F02D41/2464—Characteristics of actuators
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B37/00—Engines characterised by provision of pumps driven at least for part of the time by exhaust
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D2200/00—Input parameters for engine control
    • F02D2200/02—Input parameters for engine control the parameters being related to the engine
    • F02D2200/04—Engine intake system parameters
    • F02D2200/0402—Engine intake system parameters the parameter being determined by using a model of the engine intake or its components
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D2200/00—Input parameters for engine control
    • F02D2200/02—Input parameters for engine control the parameters being related to the engine
    • F02D2200/04—Engine intake system parameters
    • F02D2200/0406—Intake manifold pressure
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D2200/00—Input parameters for engine control
    • F02D2200/02—Input parameters for engine control the parameters being related to the engine
    • F02D2200/04—Engine intake system parameters
    • F02D2200/0414—Air temperature
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D2200/00—Input parameters for engine control
    • F02D2200/70—Input parameters for engine control said parameters being related to the vehicle exterior
    • F02D2200/703—Atmospheric pressure
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
    • Y02T10/00—Road transport of goods or passengers
    • Y02T10/10—Internal combustion engine [ICE] based vehicles
    • Y02T10/12—Improving ICE efficiencies

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  • the present invention relates to a system and method for estimating the fresh air supply rate of a motor vehicle engine equipped with a turbocharger.
  • Such a system generally comprises a turbocharger supercharger assembly comprising a compressor and a variable geometry turbine.
  • the compressor supplies the engine with air at a pressure higher than the atmospheric pressure and the turbine is traversed by the exhaust gases from the engine.
  • a turbocharger assembly includes a turbine and a compressor for increasing the amount of air admitted into the engine cylinders.
  • the power provided by the exhaust gases to the turbine can be modulated by installing a relief valve or by providing a turbine with vanes with variable orientation to form a turbocharger with variable geometry (TGV).
  • TSV turbocharger with variable geometry
  • the compressor is mounted on a mechanical axis that also receives the turbine so that the compressor compresses the air entering the intake manifold.
  • a heat exchanger can be placed between the compressor and the engine intake manifold to cool the compressed air at the compressor output.
  • Actuators are used to control the opening and closing of the discharge valves or the orientation of the vanes of the turbine so as to modify the geometry of said turbine.
  • the control signals of these actuators are provided by the electronic control unit.
  • a flow meter is used to determine the fresh air supply rate of a supercharged engine of a motor vehicle.
  • the use of a flow meter has several disadvantages, for example excessive size and cost, as well as exclusive use.
  • the document WO 01/29386 (Robert BOSCH ) relates to a method and a device for determining the supply pressure of a turbocharger from a predetermined map of the compressor.
  • the fresh air supply rate of the engine is not determined.
  • the wear of the device is not taken into account over time.
  • the document FR 2 281 889 (Volkswagen ) describes a method and a device for determining the air temperature at the outlet of the compressor of a turbocharger, in other words downstream of the turbocharger.
  • an air flow sensor or flow meter is used to measure the fresh air supply rate of the engine.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a method and a system for determining the fresh air supply rate of a motor vehicle supercharged engine, at lower cost, reduced size, and easy assembly.
  • the system comprises a turbocharger rotation speed sensor, a first memorized cartography of the fresh air supply flow of the engine according to the first operating parameters of the engine comprising a function of the rotational speed of the turbocharger, and means of updating said first mapping of the fresh air supply rate of the engine.
  • the system comprises a sensor for measuring the temperature of the fresh air admitted upstream of the compressor, a supply valve disposed on the fresh air supply duct of the engine, located downstream of the compressor. compressor and upstream of an engine exhaust gas recirculation pipe, a sensor for measuring the pressure upstream of said supply valve, and a sensor for measuring the atmospheric pressure.
  • Said first operating parameters of the engine comprise a first ratio of the rotational speed of the turbocharger and the square root of the temperature upstream of the compressor, and a second ratio of the pressure upstream of the supply valve and the pressure atmospheric.
  • the system comprises a recirculation valve disposed on the recirculation pipe, and said means for updating said first mapping command a closure of said recirculation valve during an update of said first mapping.
  • said first mapping comprises a set of pairs of first and second predetermined ratios.
  • said updating means of said first mapping control during an update of said first mapping, a registration on the predetermined pair of first and second ratios closest to the values of a first and second pair. second ratios calculated from measurements of the rotational speed of the turbocharger, the temperature of the fresh air admitted upstream of the compressor, the pressure upstream of the supply valve, and the atmospheric pressure.
  • said means for updating said first mapping are adapted to perform said resetting by pressure management upstream of the intake valve by controlling the opening of said intake valve.
  • system comprises a second predetermined mapping of a magnitude representative of the ability of the engine to draw gas according to second operating parameters of the engine.
  • the system comprises a sensor for measuring the intake pressure of the engine supply gases, as well as a sensor for measuring the speed of rotation of the engine, and the second engine operating parameters comprise the speed engine rotation, and the ratio of the intake pressure of the engine supply gas and the product of the temperature upstream of the compressor and the constant of the perfect gases.
  • a method for estimating the fresh air supply flow rate of a motor vehicle engine equipped with a turbocharger comprising an intake compressor and a combustion turbine. 'exhaust. It is updated, based on first operating parameters of the engine including a function of the speed of rotation of the turbocharger, a first mapping of the fresh air supply flow of the engine.
  • FIG. 1 shows an internal combustion engine 1 with four cylinders, each cylinder being referenced 2.
  • the fresh air entering the intake manifold 3 of the engine 1 passes through a turbocharger 4 comprising a compressor 5 and a turbine 6 mounted on a common shaft 7.
  • the flow rates provided by the compressor 5 and the turbine 6 are controlled by an electronic control unit 8.
  • the fresh air taken from the outside passes firstly through an air filter 9 before entering the compressor 5 via a duct 10 provided with a sensor 11 for measuring the temperature of the air admitted into the air.
  • the turbocharger 4 is provided with a sensor 12 for measuring the speed of rotation of the turbocharger 4.
  • the sensors 11 and 12 are respectively connected to the electronic control unit 8 by connections 11a and 12a.
  • the engine 1 comprises a sensor 13 for measuring the admission pressure P adm of the inlet gas of the intake manifold 3.
  • the compressed air from the compressor 5 passes through a heat exchanger 14 which allows the admitted gases to cool.
  • the cooled compressed air passes through a controlled supply valve 15 for regulating the flow rate 1.
  • the controlled supply valve 15 comprises a supply valve 15a, for varying the fresh air supply rate of the engine 1.
  • the compressed air flows from the compressor 5 to the distributor intake 3 through a supply line 16 which passes through the heat exchanger 14 and comprises the controlled supply valve 15.
  • the gases from the exhaust manifold 17, after combustion in the engine 1, through a pipe 19 are directed in part towards the supply pipe 16 by a recirculation pipe 19, so as to be partially recycled after mixing into the pipe.
  • intake air of the supply line 16 directed to the intake distributor 3.
  • This recirculated part of the output gases of the engine 1 is cooled by passing through a heat exchanger 20, then passes through a controlled recirculation valve 21 used to regulate the flow rate of recycling of the output gases of the engine 1.
  • the controlled valve 21 comprises an intake flap 21a, to vary the flow.
  • the electronic control unit 8 comprises, in a conventional manner, a microprocessor or central unit, random access memories, read-only memories, analog / digital converters and various input and output interfaces.
  • the electronic control unit 8 receives various signals allowing the operation of the system.
  • the electronic control unit 8 receives in particular by the connection via the connection 24 a signal from the pressure sensor 13 indicating the value of the pressure P adm of the admission of the gases.
  • the electronic control unit 8 emits various signals making it possible to manage the operation of the engine 1 as well as other vehicle components, not shown in FIG. 1.
  • the electronic control unit 8 transmits, in particular via the connection 28, a control signal for controlling the supply valve 15, and emits, via the connection 26, a control signal for controlling the recirculation valve 21.
  • the electronic control unit 8 regulates the supercharging pressure by acting on the orientation of internal fins of the compressor 5 and / or the turbine 6 by means of the connections 27 and 28.
  • the system also comprises a sensor 29 for measuring the pressure P ava upstream of the supply valve 15, connected to the electronic control unit 8 via a connection 30.
  • a sensor 31 for measuring the atmospheric pressure P atm is connected to the electronic control unit 8 via a connection 32.
  • the electronic control unit 8 furthermore receives, via a connection 33, a signal indicating the value of the motor N rotation speed of the motor 1 coming from a sensor 34 for measuring the speed of rotation of the motor 1.
  • the electronic control unit 8 also comprises an update module 35 of a first mapping 36 of the fresh air supply rate Q air_frais the engine 1, and a second predetermined mapping of a 37 v ⁇ magnitude representative of the ability of the engine 1 to suck gas.
  • the estimation of fresh air supply rate Q air_frais is performed from the first mapping 36.
  • the first mapping is updated, because initially, it was determined for a reference or theoretical turbocharger, different from the current turbocharger.
  • a learning phase of the characteristics of the compressor used is introduced, in order to adapt the first mapping 36 to the turbocharger used. This improves the estimation of the fresh air supply rate.
  • This learning phase or update of the first mapping 36 can be carried out repeatedly, during the time, to take into account the aging of the turbocharger 4, and its evolution of operation.
  • This update of the first mapping 36 can be performed at regular periods while taking care not to degrade the operation of the vehicle. It is also possible to perform this update at the end of vehicle assembly, then vehicle control visits, which makes it possible to operate the engine 1 only to update the first map 36.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates the operation of updating or learning the first mapping 36.
  • the update module 35 controls the closing of the recirculation valve 21 or EGR valve. Then a set of measurements 38 is taken into account, including the values of the atmospheric pressure P atm , the pressure P ava upstream of the supply valve 15, the turbocharger N turbo speed 4, the temperature T ac upstream of the compressor 5, and a speed of rotation N motor 1. The pressure P ava upstream of the supply valve 15 is also carried out.
  • This adjustment makes it possible to locate on a a pair of input values of the first stored map, the closest to that corresponding to the first ratio of the turbo speed N turbo of the turbocharger 4 and the square root of the temperature T ac upstream of the compressor 4 measured, and the second ratio of the pressure P ava upstream of the supply valve and the atmospheric pressure Patm measured.
  • the second mapping which is a predetermined map of a magnitude ⁇ v characteristic of the ability of the engine 1 to suck gas, as a function of the speed of rotation N engine of the engine 1, and the ratio P adm R ⁇ T ac of the intake pressure P adm of the feed gases of the engine 1 and the product of the temperature T ac upstream of the compressor 5 and the constant of the perfect gases R.
  • This second nominal mapping 37 makes it possible to calculate for the pair of d entry or point closest to that corresponding to the measurement values 38, the value learned or updated, in the first map 36, of the fresh air supply rate Q fresh_air supplied by the turbocharger 4 to the engine 1.
  • FIG. 3 represents a first map 36 with reference values for its two inputs and its output, the fresh air supply flow rate of the engine 1.
  • This map is stored in the form of a two-way table, illustrated on FIG.
  • the values represented by a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i are here the values for a reference or theoretical compressor.
  • the recirculation valve 21 must be closed, and a pressure adjustment P ava upstream of the supply valve 15.
  • the invention therefore makes it possible to update or perform a learning of the airflow mapping provided by the compressor, and thus to take into account its differences with the theoretical or reference turbocharger.
  • the invention also makes it possible to update the mapping of the air flow supplied by the compressor over time and thus take into account the evolution of its operation over time.

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